Risk, Social Vulnerability and Planning Strategies: An Integrated Approach

Period
October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010
Duration
39 months
Outcomes

Public sessions in each of the seven selected municipalities in order to present and discuss the results and their impact in the assessment and mitigation of local dangers; public sessions which will include exhibitions with posters, maps and other graphical kinds of information with risk zones and greater social vulnerability; elaboration of a Guide to evaluate the Vulnerability Index, which will be made available to local technicians, as well as other actors involved in danger management and assessment (land use, civil protection and emergency services agents); organization of meetings with local technicians, as well as with other actors involved in danger management and assessment in order to define legal standards; the Guide to evaluate the Local Vulnerability Index and the legal standards will be made available to the general public at the CES project’s website; press releases, which will be elaborated at the project’s second and third years, in order to present the project’s results to the general public.

Researchers
Alexandra Aragão
Alexandre Tavares
Eduardo Basto
João Arriscado Nunes
José Manuel Mendes (coord)
Lúcio Cunha
Luís Figueiredo Neves
Susana Freiria
Keywords
risk, social vulnerability, land use, planning strategies
Funding Entity
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology